Ziina - Platform Engineer (Backend Enablement & Tooling)
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Requirements
• We’ve built a modular architecture with the principles of reliability, scalability, and maintainability in mind. Our current stack is: • Typescript, Node.js and Nest.js for our main application’s backend. • Swift/SwiftUI for our iOS app, Kotlin for our Android app. • Next.js, React and Typescript for our web applications. • GraphQL Federation for our client-facing APIs and Kafka for our inter-service communication. • AWS for hosting our cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes for orchestrating our workloads. • Terraform for IaC. • Github Actions for CI/CD. • Ziina’s mission is to bring financial freedom to every person in the Middle East. We are building MENA’s consumer and SMB financial platform, starting with a peer-to-peer and merchant wallet. Our team have backgrounds from Apple, Uber, Stripe, Klarna, Revolut, Yandex, and Nubank. Ziina’s payments volumes have grown by 10x YoY for the last two years. The team have built a product that is beloved by the UAE and is the recipient of 8 international design awards, including the Red Dot Award and the UX Design Award. Our last round was a $22 million Series A from top-tier investors globally including Altos Ventures, Fintech Collective, Activant, Long Journey Ventures and Y Combinator. Our angel investors include early employees and executives at Revolut, Stripe, Venmo, Brex, Checkout.com, Notion, and Deel.
Responsibilities
• Bring 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Backend Engineering, or Developer Experience roles • Have strong backend engineering skills, ideally in Typescript/Node.js, and a deep understanding of microservices and service-to-service communication patterns • Have hands-on experience building internal tooling, shared libraries, or service templates that other engineers actively use • Are experienced with testing frameworks, CI integration, and building quality signals that engineers trust • Have a product mindset when it comes to internal tools — you think about your colleagues as users and measure success by their productivity • Use the latest AI tools and technologies to boost your productivity • Are based in, or open to relocating to, the UAE • What would amaze us • Proven experience building developer platforms or tooling at fintech or other high-scale engineering organizations • A track record of creating golden paths, service templates, or shared libraries that were widely adopted across an engineering org • History of measurably improving engineering velocity, release confidence, or code quality through tooling investments • Experience shaping engineering standards, testing practices, or quality frameworks in a fast-growing environment • Active engagement in the tech community through open source contributions, conference speaking, or technical writing
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